Durham resident Wendy Miranda Fernandez was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in March while seeking a stay of a final order of deportation. Fernandez fled violence in El Salvador, also known as the murder capital of the world. With an uncertain future, Fernandez has been kept from marrying her fiancé, is unreachable by phone, and her whereabouts are unknown.

Cecilia Polanco runs the So Good Pupusas food truck in Durham, catering pupusas and other Salvadoran dishes. Earlier this year, Polanco began a scholarship program to help undocumented immigrants pay for school tuition. She also hopes to use her business to create a mechanism for community members to sell their food out of the truck and make a living.

More than thirty years after its publication, Margaret Atwood’s novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, has a new episodic adaptation. The adaptation was filmed primarily in Durham, and includes a significant scene in front of Duke Chapel’s iconic bell tower. The film has stirred much controversy, raising serious questions about society, power, and politics.

The Art of Cool Festival and Moogfest have spent the past two years locked in comparison and competition for Durham resources. The festivals take place less than a month apart, but they attract different audiences and reflect different values. Themes of protest and resistance were central to both festivals this year, and their different manifestations were telling of their motivations.

Shannon Healy is the owner of the Durham bar, Alley Twenty Six. The bar was recently expanded to include a new food program called “farm-to-sip.” The program offers unique pairings of cocktails and snacks in an upscale environment.

The Nasher Museum of Art in Durham paid tribute to the artist Barkley L. Hendricks, who died in April at age seventy-two. Hendricks was known for vivid yet stoic life-size oil paintings of black people. He became a retroactive icon and influenced a new generation of African American artists.